MY OTHER CLOSET: THE CABARET
WORKSHOP:
6 FEB, 9.30AM - 4PM
Evening Performance:
7 FEB, 7PM
Matinee Performance:
8 FEB, 12PM
My Other Closet is first and foremost a celebration of LGBTQ people’s ability to triumph in the face of extreme adversity. My Other Closet: the Cabaret is also a community education project that raises awareness about domestic violence in LGBTQ relationships and celebrates the survivors. The cabaret format is a powerful way of reaching one of the most marginalised and difficult to access parts of the rural LGBTQ communities; people experiencing DV.
The show presents strategies for avoiding or leaving potentially abusive relationships, and provides tailored information for victims and potential victims as well as intervention methods for bystanders. This project functions as a unique health promotion tool that builds empathy, understanding and the will to act through the emotional impact of musical theatre, while celebrating the resilience it takes to proclaim “I Am What I Am”.
The message of My Other Closet: The Cabaret is: Everyone deserves to feel safe, and to love and to be loved without fear. Everyone.
You can also attend a workshop facilitated by Rainbow Health Victoria with the performance on Thursday 6 February. Tickets here.
